Improvement in water-closets



` UNITED STATES lIMPROVEMENT IN WATER-CLOSETS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. $0,708, dated August 4,1868.

To all whom it may concern: l

Be it known that I, WiLLIAM S. GARR, of the city and State of New York,have invented,

inade, and applied to use a certain new and useful Improvement inWater-Closets; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,

clear, and exact description ofthe said inven tion, reference bein g hadto the annexeddrawing, making part of this specification, where- 1n-Figure l is a vertical longitudinal section of said closet. Fig. 2 is aplan of the same, the

basin being removed and Fig. 3 is a detached View of the aXle ofthe pan.

Similar marks of reference denote the sam parts.

In the construction of pan or valve waterclosets it has heretofore beenusual to have the cast-iron hopper or container formed with flaringsides that terminate as a flange, to which the top plate of the hopperis bolted.

The swiu ging pan is put into place before the top plate is bolted on;hence, when repairs beconie necessary to the pan, as is frequently thecase, the top plate of the container has to be removed. llie nuts andbolts are usually rusty, and frequently the whole closet is so .injuredin getting at the pan for,repairs or placing in a iiew-one that itcannot be again used. Besides this,the joint between the hopperand itstop plate has to be packed with put-ty, and openings therein are offrequent occurrence, allowing smell to escape, and the cost of thewater-closet is largely increased by this mode of construction.

The nature of my said invention consists in a water-closet hopper orcontainer formed with an opening at the top, of such ashape that the pancan be inserted from above, and

V turned around within the hopper, so as to set up beneath the inwardiiange around the up per end of said hopper or container, and swing uponthe axis that projects through the said container.

By this construction the hopper can be formed ofone piece or casting,and made much cheaper and tighter than heretofore, and the pan can bewithdrawn for repairs, if required, without disturbing the hopper, and Imount the pan on an axis formed of two parts, that allows of its beingintroduced. I also employ an adjustable link between the pull and level,

that allows for variations in the position of the pull.

ln the drawing, a is the base of the hopper, with an opening to thesoil-pipe. bis the side of thehopper, which is almost vertical above thecurved portion that unites with the base a. c is the side of the hopper,that is swelled out sufficiently to contain the pan d when tipped downinto the position shown by red lines in Fig. 1, and c is the contractedupper portion of the hopper, forming an inward flange for the basin f toset upon. These portions a, b, c, and e of the hopper are cast in onepiece, so as to avoid packing and dispense with the nuts and boltsbefore employed.

The pan d is of larger diameter than the opening in the flange c, so asto set up against the under side thereof, and in order to allow of itsintroduction or removalIprovidenotches at z' t to pass the pan edgewise.t j

A piece of leather, attached by a screw and nut or a rivet, as seen atl, is employed for the edge of the pan to strike against iii coming upnearly horizontal, so as to allow a space to remain for the overiiow ofsurplus water.

The spindle 0r axis of the pan d is made in two parts, the portion kbeing a xture on the pan, and being introduced into a cavity in thehopper at Z', the portion m of said axis being entered through the holeat n in the hopper into a squared socket, o, on the pan, where the partsare rmly secured by a screw; but

by the removal of this screw the parts can be detached and the panremoved from the container or hopper. j

At the outer end of the axis m is the arm p, slotted to receive theroller or pin q of the lcver r on the fulcruin s, and working as usual,except that the moving end is formed as a half-ball, with a screw, t,entering the slot of a link, u, from which a link, c, connects with thepull w. By moving the slotted link n, up or down on the screw t, theparts will be adjusted to accommodate the height of the seat,

and by swinging the said link the parts will be adjusted to the positionofthe pull fartherfrom or nearer to the basin.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A water-closet hopper or container havv 2 Y sono@ ing the inward angec at the upper end, in 3. The slotted adjustable link u, incombicombination with the pan d, the parts beinI nation with the leverfr and pull u o, as and formed substantially as specified, so that thefor the purposes set forth. pau can be introduced or withdrawn through1n witness whereof I have hereunto set my the opening in saidange @,andthe pan7 when signature this 23d day of November, 1867. in p ace shallset up aainst the under side of A) said auge, as set fortl. WILLIAM S'CARL' 2. The divided axis k m, formed as shown, \Vitnesses: incombination with the pan d and socket o7 Guus. H. SMITH, as and. for thepurposes set forth. GEO. D. WALKER.

